Sumedh Rao

Research Fellow, GSDRC

International Development Department

Contact details

International Development Department (IDD)School of Government and SocietyMuirhead TowerUniversity of BirminghamEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TT, United Kingdom

About

Sumedh joined the GSDRC at the University of Birmingham in 2010, having worked as a policy analyst and researcher with the OECD, DFID, ODI and Development Initiatives. He has produced work for multilateral agencies (World Bank, UNDP, EC, WHO, OECD, Commonwealth Secretariat, UNECA, UNPBSO, UNESCO), bilateral agencies (DFID, Australia DFAT), governmental bodies (UK FCO, South Africa CoGTA), and non-governmental organisations (Amnesty International, U4 Resource Centre, International Justice Mission, Development Initiatives, Plan UK).

He works primarily on governance, but also on conflict, social development, and humanitarian issues. Recent topics include public sector reform, technical assistance/cooperation, natural resource governance, private sector development, behaviour change, democratic assistance and conflict analysis. He is fluent in French, Spanish, Japanese and Konkani.

Qualifications

Master of Public Affairs (Sciences Po, Paris)

BSc Politics and International Relations (London School of Economics and Political Science)

OECD. (2012). Ensuring Fragile States Are Not Left Behind: 2011 Factsheet on Resource Flows in Fragile States . Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). http://www.oecd.org/dac/incaf/49108935.pdf

Rao, S. (2010). Local Government Capacity and Leadership in Fragile States . GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report 714. Birmingham, UK: GSDRC, University of Birmingham. http://www.gsdrc.org/docs/open/HD714.pdf

Haider, H. & Rao, S. (2010). Political and Social Analysis for Development Policy and Practice: An Overview of FiveApproaches . Emerging Issues Paper. Birmingham, UK: GSDRC, University of Birmingham. http://www.gsdrc.org/docs/open/EIRS10.pdf